Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9511
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Portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick
Date
1833
Sitter
Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex (1773 - 1843, British)
Creator
Henry Robinson (British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 267mm
width (print): 180mm
width (print): 180mm
Description
Half length portrait, bearded. Dressed in royal court robes, including a ruff at the neck.
Inscribed: “From an enamel by Jas. Lee. – Painted by Thos. Phillips Esq., R.A. Engraved by H.Robinson [fl.1827-1872]. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE AUGUSTUS-FREDERICK, DUKE OF SUSSEX, &c. K.G.-K.T.-G.C.H.-P.R.S. &c. &c. FISHER, SON & Co, LONDON, 1833.” With a specimen signature. In pencil lower left “1828” and lower right “1/-“.
The Duke of Sussex was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828, he served as its President from 1830 to 1838.
Inscribed: “From an enamel by Jas. Lee. – Painted by Thos. Phillips Esq., R.A. Engraved by H.Robinson [fl.1827-1872]. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE AUGUSTUS-FREDERICK, DUKE OF SUSSEX, &c. K.G.-K.T.-G.C.H.-P.R.S. &c. &c. FISHER, SON & Co, LONDON, 1833.” With a specimen signature. In pencil lower left “1828” and lower right “1/-“.
The Duke of Sussex was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1828, he served as its President from 1830 to 1838.
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript.
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